A Collector’s Guide to Paperweights
by: Sara Rossi
1990, Wellfleet Books, Secaucus, NJ
96 pages, hardcover Call for price and availability
flyleaf: “A COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO PAPERWEIGHTS allows everyone from the general reader with an embryonic collecting urge to the expert with years of buying and selling experience to tread more confidently through the complex and sometimes treacherous trading world, and to focus clearly on the best, finest, and most collectable paperweights available. In addition it furnishes the reader with a sound historical perspective on the great paperweight manufacturers and the work they created, as well as offering professional advice on building, maintaining and displaying a collection, and buying and selling at the right price. The guide has been devised by a leading authority from Spink and Son in London - one of the world’s largest dealers in paperweights, silver, coins, and other art objects. It is the vital accessory for anyone seriously interested in the subject.”
This is a large format book with some beautiful illustrations of weights from the best classic period makers. It includes generally good information, but should be read cautiously as it has a number of errors.
